| Project by averagejoe | posted 57 days ago | 1964 views | 2 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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We have been finishing our basement over the past 4 months now (many projects to add) and some of the finishing touches are coming together. This particular project was quite simple but I feel the impact has been impressive.
We wanted barn siding to give us a rustic look. Tracking down and pricing out barn siding proved to be challenging and over priced for our pallet. This wall with barn siding would’ve been $450 however, my wife and I did this for free. Well, $10 actually which went toward the donating companies pizza fund.
The wall is covered horizontally with pallet wood. I picked up 10 standard size pallets, dissembled them with a reciprocating saw and basically slapped them on the wall. A little glue, a finish nailer and its done.
Our wall is rougher, some may want to power wash and sand the pallet boards to give it a more smooth or polished look.
-- AverageJoe
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 57 days ago
Cool idea.
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MarkTheFiddler
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posted 55 days ago
Joe, awesome! Not average at all – awesome!
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patchwoods
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posted 36 days ago
I like your wall & all the ideas that led to its being built. Please check out my website @ patchwoods.com, make a [small] comparison & let me know what you think. Best.
sprucegum
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posted 27 days ago
I have seen walls done like this but yours is far more impressive than others I have seen.
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getroofingquotes
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posted 22 days ago
These is a very nice concept it’s very refreshing.
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Driftwood2
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posted 2 days ago
I like this a lot – I’ve also seen it done on some HGTV show. I do like all the different tones of wood and I’m all for recycling pallets. Personally, everything I do lately has a “driftwood” or weathered wood appearance so I would either weather it with baking soda or driftwood weathered wood finish depending on if I wanted a brown tone or weathered gray – for me it would need to be gray to match everything I’ve been doing lately. But it does inspire me to try this.